Clerk
Rhythms of Corporate Struggle: A Clerk's Odyssey
Lyrics
6am on a Monday morning, my son's asleep and my wife is yawning
Describes the early morning scene with the speaker's family asleep and the wife yawning.
It's dark outside and it's bitterly cold, had to give up on breakfast bread's covered in mould.
Highlights the cold and dark morning, with the speaker unable to have breakfast due to moldy bread.
And I can't take much more but I can't start again
Expresses the speaker's struggle and exhaustion, unable to start anew.
I'm like a coiled spring rusting in the rain
Metaphorically compares the speaker to a coiled spring rusting in the rain, indicating tension and decay.
I'm a Cleeeerrrkk! There's no pretending
Repeated chorus emphasizing the speaker's identity as a clerk, with a glimpse of hope for promotion.
I'm a Cleeeerrrkk! It's never ending
-I'm a Cleeeerrrkk! And will be til my dieing day
-But promotion's just a heartbeat away
-I'm a Cleeeerrrkk! There's no pretending
-I'm a Cleeeerrrkk! It's never ending
-I'm a Cleeeerrrkk! And will be til my dieing day
-But promotion's just a heartbeat away
-Pale sunlight starts to slip through my window
Describes the morning at the office, with discomfort from sunlight, computer screen, and overflowing inbox.
And makes my eyes sting as my computer screen
-Deflects the spewing breath of my office comrade
-My heart starts to slide as my inbox flows over
-And I can't take it no more and like a cloud filled with rain
Expresses frustration as promotion seems within reach but eludes the speaker.
Promotion came my way and passed over again
-I'm a Cleeeerrrkk! There's no pretending
Repeated chorus reflecting the persistent nature of the clerk's identity and the elusive promotion.
I'm a Cleeeerrrkk! It's never ending
-I'm a Cleeeerrrkk! And will be til my dieing day
-But promotion's just a heartbeat away
-I'm a Cleeeerrrkk! There's no pretending
-I'm a Cleeeerrrkk! It's never ending
-I'm a Cleeeerrrkk! And will be til my dieing day
-But promotion's just a heartbeat away
-But if I close my eyes I'm in a sunbathed flat
Presents a daydream or escape where the speaker imagines a pleasant life with a woman and a carefree existence.
Painting a beautiful woman, just dressed in a hat
-And while I capture the scene, she says lets have some fun
-And down the creaking staircase we run
-We'll have a bit of lunch in our favourite café
-And forget about everything, just live for today
-Then we'll drink Champagne, under the fading sun's rays
-In a bar on the Champs Elysees
-But then the bubble bursts, with a deadening crash
Reality intrudes with the burst of the daydream, symbolized by filing spills and work-related chaos.
Filing spills over my desk, like a contagious rash
-I'm a Cleeeerrrkk! There's no pretending
Repeated chorus underscoring the inescapable clerk identity and the lingering hope for promotion.
I'm a Cleeeerrrkk! It's never ending
-I'm a Cleeeerrrkk! And will be til my dieing day
-But promotion's just a heartbeat away
-I'm a Cleeeerrrkk! There's no pretending
-I'm a Cleeeerrrkk! It's never ending
-I'm a Cleeeerrrkk! And will be til my dieing day
-But promotion's just a heartbeat away
-I'm a Cleeeerrrkk!
Reiteration of the clerk identity, emphasizing the proximity of promotion as a heartbeat away.
I'm a Cleeeerrrkk!
-I'm a Cleeeerrrkk!
-Promotion's just a heartbeat away
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